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Mill owner Mr Tulliver wants
his son Tom to get a good
LITER ATURE – 1A education and has asked Mr

Stelling, a local clergyman
to teach Tom. When Tom
goes back to his lessons
with Mr Stelling after the
Christmas holidays, he has a
START THINKING … new companion, a boy called
1 Work in pairs. Discuss the questions. Philip Wakem.
●● What skills do you admire in other people?
●● Name some people you respect and explain why.
●● What good intentions have you got that you never manage to do?
THE MILL ON THE FLOSS

(1860) George Eliot
Tom looked at his new companion. He was small
with a hump on his back. Tom felt shy and didn’t
think he was going to like him. Then he noticed
that he had pencils and paper on his desk and he
5 was busy drawing. What was he drawing? Tom went
closer to Philip and looked over his shoulder.
‘Why, there’s a donkey, a dog and some birds in a field.’
He was full of admiration and no longer felt shy. ‘I wish I
could draw like that. I’m going to learn drawing this term.
10 I wonder if I’ll learn to draw dogs and donkeys as well
‘No,’ said Philip, ‘my father wishes me to give all my time
as that!’
to other things now.’
‘You can draw them without learning,’ said Philip; ‘I’ve
35 ‘What! Latin, Geometry, and those things?’ asked Tom.
never had drawing lessons.’
‘Yes,’ said Philip, who had stopped drawing and was
‘You’ve never had drawing lessons?’ said Tom in
resting his head on his hand, while Tom was leaning on his
15 amazement. ‘When I try to draw animals, they always
desk looking with admiration at the drawing of the dog
come out wrong. Perhaps I need to practise more. I’m not
and the donkey.
too bad at drawing houses.’
40 ‘And you don’t mind that?’ said Tom with curiosity.
‘Well,’ said Philip, ‘it isn’t very difficult. You have to look
‘No. I want to know what everybody else knows. I can
at things very carefully and then practise drawing them
study what I like later.’
20 lots of times.’
‘I can’t think why anybody needs to learn Latin,‘ said
‘But haven’t you been at school for a long time?’ asked
Tom. ‘It’s no good.’
Tom.
45 ‘It’s part of the education of a gentleman,’ said Philip.
‘Yes,’ said Philip, smiling. ‘I’ve studied Latin, Greek,
‘All gentlemen learn the same things.’
Mathematics, Writing and those sort of subjects.’
‘What? Do you think Sir John Crake, the master of the
25 ‘You don’t like Latin, do you?’ said Tom.
hunting dogs, knows Latin?’ asked Tom, who had great
‘I don’t care much about it,’ replied Philip. ‘I’ve finished
respect for Sir John Crake and often thought he’d like to
with Latin grammar. I don’t learn that anymore.’
50 be like him.
‘Then we won’t have lessons together,’ said Tom with a
‘I bet he learnt it as a boy,’ replied Philip, ‘but I expect
sense of disappointment.
he’s forgotten it now.’
30 ‘No, but I’ll be able to help you. I’ll be very glad to help
‘Oh, well I can do it, then,’ said Tom, not with any real
you if I can.’
intention, but with the satisfaction that it would make him
‘Will you have drawing lessons now?’ asked Tom.
55 more like his hero, Sir John Crake.
Glossary
mill a place where grain is pressed and made into flour admiration the feeling of liking and respecting
clergyman a member of the clergy (a group of someone for the good qualities they have
Christian church leaders) amazement the state of being very surprised
companion someone you spend a lot of time with lean to move the top part of your body in a particular
hump a round, hard part on a person or animal’s back direction
donkey an animal that looks like a small horse with curiosity the feeling of wanting to know or learn about
long ears something
hunt to chase or kill wild animals
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1A LITER ATU R E
2 1A.1 Read the text and listen. 8 LISTENING 1A.2 Listen to the next part
of the story. Tom’s father and younger sister,
3 Read the text again. Answer the questions. Maggie, come to visit him at school. Circle the
1 Who is Mr Stelling’s first student? correct answer.
2 What was Tom’s first impression of Philip? Why did 1 Mr Tulliver / Mr Stelling / Mrs Stelling is in the room
this change? with Tom.
3 According to Philip, what does Tom have to do to 2 Tom / Mr Tulliver / Mr Stelling understands
be good at drawing? Geometry.
4 Who is better at Latin, Tom or Philip? 3 Mr Stelling / Maggie / Tom admires all the books in
5 Why doesn’t Philip mind not having art lessons? the library.
6 Why does Tom agree to learn Latin? 4 Tom / Maggie / Mr Stelling has homework to do.
4 READ BETWEEN THE LINES Answer the questions. 9 1A.2 Listen again. Mark the sentences T
(true), F (false) or DS (doesn’t say).
1 How did Tom feel about having a new school
companion, do you think? 1 Tom missed his Geometry lesson because
2 What are the differences between Tom and Philip’s he had a headache.
attitudes to school? 2 Maggie has studied Latin.
3 How would you describe Tom’s character?
3 Mr Tulliver is proud of his daughter.
4 What features in the text show that it was written in
4 Maggie’s mother doesn’t want her to stay
the past?
with Mr Stelling.
5 VOCABULARY Complete the sentences with the 5 Tom is angry when Maggie can’t understand
correct words from the glossary in the correct his Maths book.
form.
1 In the 1860s, before primary education was
compulsory in England, many taught WRITING
An argumentative essay
in schools. 10 WRITING Are some school subjects more
2 The 19th Century was a time of great scientific important than others? Write an essay with
progress thanks to the of scientists. your argument in 150–200 words.
3 There were more children in each class in the 1 Paragraph 1 (Introduction): Introduce the topic.
1800s in England than today. Children had lots of End the paragraph with your initial opinion.
. 2 Paragraph 2: Give arguments that support your
4 Mill owners often used to transport opinion. Give clear examples and evidence.
silk and cotton. 3 Paragraph 3: Think about the opposite opinion.
5 for foxes, deer and rabbits was a Give examples. Say why the argument is weak.
popular sport for people in the 19th Century. 4 Paragraph 4 (Conclusion): Summarise your essay
and restate your opinion in your first paragraph.
6 The first infant school in Britain opened in 1816.
Teachers looked after children as young as two
years old while their parents worked in the many
cotton . PEN NAMES
George Eliot was the pen name (or ‘pseudonym’) of
6 Underline five words in the text that are new to
Mary Ann Evans. Women writers in the 19th Century
you. Look them up in a dictionary and then write
often published their books under a male pen
each of them in a sentence.
name to make sure their work was taken seriously.
7 ROLE PLAY Work in pairs. Tom wants Philip to Even today some writers choose to write under a
teach him how to draw. Student A is Tom, Student pseudonym to hide their identity. Some famous pen
B is Philip. Read the beginning of the conversation names are: Robert Galbraith (J.K. Rowling), Richard
and then continue with your own ideas. Bachman (Stephen King) and N.W. Clark (C.S. Lewis).
TOM I want to draw that horse for my father, but I 11 Why do think these famous authors used a pen
don’t know how to. name? What other reasons might authors and
PHILIP Don’t worry. I’ll help you if you want. I like artists have to use a pseudonym? Do you know
drawing horses. anyone who uses a different name?
…
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Mill owner Mr Tulliver wants

his son Tom to get a good

LITER ATURE – 1A education and has asked Mr

THE MILL ON THE FLOSS

1 Think Level 2 Literature 1A PHOTOCOPIABLE © Cambridge University Press 2015

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